mourned; mourning; mourns
1
: to feel or express grief or sorrow
When he dies, people throughout the world will mourn.
—often used with forthousands mourned for him
2
: to show the customary signs of grief for a death
3
: to murmur mournfully
—used especially of doves
1
: to feel or express grief or sorrow for
mourned the death of his son
mourning the loss of their youth
2
: to utter mournfully
… let the whirlwind mourn its requiem!—
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mourner
noun
Examples of mourn in a Sentence
She is still mourning her husband, who died last year.
Thousands of people mourned his death.
She was mourned by everyone who knew her.
She mourned the loss of her youth.
He still mourns the fact that he never went to college.
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As the nation mourns the victims of Australia’s worst mass shooting in almost three decades, authorities have vowed to take tougher action on both gun control and antisemitism.
—Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 18 Dec. 2025
Sydney — Hundreds of people gathered in Sydney on Thursday to mourn the youngest victim of the terrorist attack that targeted a Hanukkah celebration on Australia's Bondi Beach.
—Anna Coren, CBS News, 18 Dec. 2025
Whether that part of this is to really be mourned is its own topic.
—Kansas City Star, 18 Dec. 2025
Nothing, though, has been done until now to bring down the walls, and that leaves the FA in a difficult position at a time when the sport is mourning a talented, popular 21-year-old whose death prompted tributes from, among others, Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta.
—Daniel Taylor, New York Times, 17 Dec. 2025
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Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 18 Dec. 2025
Sydney — Hundreds of people gathered in Sydney on Thursday to mourn the youngest victim of the terrorist attack that targeted a Hanukkah celebration on Australia's Bondi Beach.
—Anna Coren, CBS News, 18 Dec. 2025
Whether that part of this is to really be mourned is its own topic.
—Kansas City Star, 18 Dec. 2025
Nothing, though, has been done until now to bring down the walls, and that leaves the FA in a difficult position at a time when the sport is mourning a talented, popular 21-year-old whose death prompted tributes from, among others, Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta.
—Daniel Taylor, New York Times, 17 Dec. 2025
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“Mourn.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mourn. Accessed 22 Dec. 2025.
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mourn
verb
ˈmō(ə)rn 
ˈmȯ(ə)rn
1
: to feel or show grief or sorrow especially over someone's death
2
: to display the customary signs of grief for a death especially by wearing mourning
mourner
noun
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